Zhang vs Andrade

Who won Zhang vs Andrade?

Weili Zhang beat Jessica Andrade by , during the main event of UFC on ESPN+ 15, on Saturday 31st August 2019 at Universiade Sports Centre in Shenzhen.

The scorecards were announced as in favor of winner Weili Zhang.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Women’s Strawweight division, which meant the weight limit was 115 pounds (8.2 stone or 52.2 KG).

This contest was for the UFC women’s strawweight championship.

Zhang vs Andrade stats

Weili Zhang stepped into the ring with a record of 19 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 7 by submission.

Jessica Andrade made her way to the ring with a record of 20 wins, 6 loses and 0 draws, with 7 of those wins by knock out and 7 by submission.

The stats suggested Zhang had advantage in power over Andrade, with a 47% knock out percentage over Andrade's 35%.

Weili Zhang was the older woman by 2 years, at 32 years old.

Zhang had a height advantage of 3 inches over Andrade. That also extended to a 1-inch reach advantage.

Zhang was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 6 less fights, and made her debut in 2013, 2 year and 2 months later than Andrade, whose first professional fight was in 2011. She had fought 15 less professional rounds, 47 to Andrade's 62.

Zhang vs Andrade form

Andrade had beaten 4 of her last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance twice.

In her last fight before this contest, she had defeated Rose Namajunas at UFC 237 on 11th May 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round in their UFC Women’s Strawweight championship fight at Jeunesse Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Previous to that, she had defeated Karolina Kowalkiewicz at UFC 228 on 8th September 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at American Airlines Center, Dallas, United States.

Going into that contest, she had beat Tecia Torres at UFC on FOX 28 on 24th February 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Amway Center, Orlando.

Before that, she had won against Claudia Gadelha at UFC Fight Night 117 on 22nd September 2017 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

She had been beaten by Joanna Jedrzejczyk at UFC 211 on 13th May 2017 by unanimous decision in their UFC Women’s Strawweight championship fight at American Airlines Center, Dallas, United States.

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Andrade's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 1 month and 14 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 1 year and 9 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.